How Can I Find a Hospice Program?

To find a hospice program, you can call your State Hospice Organizations or the social worker in your loved one’s nursing home. The hospice you pick must be Medicare-approved to get Medicare payment. To find out if a hospice program is Medicare-approved, ask your doctor, the hospice program, your State Hospice Organization, social worker, or your State Health Department. You have the right to change hospice providers only once during each period of care.

To get more information:

1. Call national hospice associations or see their websites.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625
Alexandria, VA 22314
1-800-658-8898
www.nhpco.org

Hospice Association of America
228 7th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
1-202-546-4759
www.hospice-america.org

2. Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.

3. Look at www.medicare.gov on the web.

* At the time of this article, the phone numbers are correct. To get the most up-to-date information, call 1-800-MEDICARE or look up www.medicare.gov.

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